Thursday 9 February 2023

More Amazing Astana

We're not done. More signature vanity projects to feature proudly.

Here's the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation. Believe in the power of the pyramid. At least the power of it to make a nice cultural center.

Another fun shape. This building is a shopping mall designed to look like a modern interpretation of a traditional Kazakh tent. More fun with angles. A museum, educational center dedicated to Kazakhstan's first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. The round building used to be the museum until it was converted to a high level government building.

Kazakhstan is a Muslim country and grand mosques are needed. Behold, the Hazrat Sultan mosque.

The circus is always in town and housed in this round spaceship. The show must be, ahem, out of this world. For a different entertainment experience, head to the Central Concert Hall, all wrapped in curvy blue glass.

Sunset along the Mall. The two gold cylinders are government offices, sometimes nicknamed The Beer Cans. Drink it in, soak it up, wash it down.

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